InterContinental Confirms Credit Card Breach at 12 U.S. Hotels

InterContinental Hotels Group said on Friday that a malware in the servers at 12 of its hotels in the United States tracked payment card data if the card was used at the hotels’ restaurants and bars between August and December last year.

The company said that the malware searched for track data—the cardholder’s name, card number, expiration date, and the verification code—read from the magnetic stripe of a card as it was being routed through the affected server.

InterContinental (ihg) did not identify the properties or specify the number of cards affected or if any data had been stolen. The company was not immediately reachable for comment.